#72BCDE#72BCDE

#72BCDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.088 H 229.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BCDE
RGB	rgb(114, 188, 222)
HSL	hsl(199, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(199, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 15.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.77, -13.95, -24.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.77, 27.90, 239.98°)
OKLab	oklab(75.96% -0.0578 -0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(75.96% 0.088 229.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.1026, 44.8148, 75.7353)
Luminance	0.4482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BCDE #DE9472

analogous

#72DECA #72BCDE #7286DE

triadic

#72BCDE #DE72BC #BCDE72

tetradic

#72BCDE #CA72DE #DE9472 #86DE72

square

#72BCDE #CA72DE #DE9472 #86DE72

split-complementary

#72BCDE #DE7286 #DECA72

monochromatic

#2983AD #40A4D2 #72BCDE #A4D4EA #D5EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#72BCDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#72BCDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BCDE

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BCDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BCDE	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB9E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BADDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3AC6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bcde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 188, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.088 229.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d0e8',
    500: '#72bcde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bcde;
$custom-light: #a1d0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bcde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.889,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75956,
    "c": 0.08847,
    "h": 229.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BCDE

secondary

#E8CFC4

accent

#531CCA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BCDE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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